Feb 4, 2019 · It’s that time of year to brave the cold and head to the water for a fishing reward – sauger, a freshwater fish that closely resembles the walleye fish. They are long and thin with dark spots, dark backs and pale bellies. Both species look similar, so you may want to fish with a local fishing guide to help identify your catch.

Feb 27, 2025 · Striper & Hybrids are showing up the best on live shad & shiners down lining from Davis Marina to Devault Bridge. Bass continue to be caught using crank baits and the jighead minnow in and around schools of bait.

Oct 4, 2010 · BEST SAUGER WATERS. The best tailraces for saugers in Tennessee are Pickwick, Cheatham, Old Hickory, Cordell Hull, Watts Bar, Melton Hill and Fort Loudoun. Saugers are also in Nickajack, Chickamauga, Douglas, Cherokee and South Holston.

Many anglers are surprised to learn that Tennessee offers some of the best walleye fishing in the South. Walleye are especially plentiful in reservoirs within the Tennessee River system. Walleye are native to Tennessee, as are the closely related sauger.

Warm/cool water facilities produce a variety of species including crappie, striped bass, walleye, sauger, sunfish, catfish, and bass. Most fish produced are stocked into large reservoirs, but warmwater species are also produced for stocking family fishing lakes, streams, and ponds.

Fishing For Sauger In Tennessee. Sauger is an excellent eating fish which typically runs a bit smaller than its cousin the walleye. The sauger prefers cold and often cloudy, moving water. They spawn in the low to mid 40s. You can tell them from a walleye by the dark spotting on the dorsal fin, darker coloring and the rough covering of the gill ...

Below you can see the analytics for Sauger fishing in Tennessee. And the map shows spots in Tennessee, where fishermen caught Sauger. Explore the map and charts for more successful Sauger fishing. Sauger fishing analytics by month, time and weather for Tennessee.

Largemouth bass, crappie, bluegill, and catfish are the most popular game fish for Douglas anglers. Sauger, walleye, and white bass also provide excellent fishing opportunities when they make their late-winter spawning runs to the headwaters. Douglas' game fish feed on an abundant supply of gizzard shad, bluegill, and various types of minnows.

Although a number of sauger are taken during the spring and summer months, over 90 percent of the sauger taken in Tennessee are caught from November through March. Tennessee is blessed with a number of good sauger areas and hundreds of miles of sauger habitat.

Dec 27, 2024 · Does anyone know of any sauger guides around Pickwick? Not a whole lotta folks guiding for them anymore. When are you trying to go? I'd be happy to take you for free if we can make the dates work. If not I can at least get you pointed in the right direction.